SLOBs

Two Sideline Inbounds Plays from the WNBA to use after timeouts, or for an end of game situation.

My hope for you is that you can take actions and movements from these plays to fit into your system and the abilities of your players.

The plays were contributed by Doug Brotherton to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

Doug Brotherton is entering his 15th year of coaching basketball, and his 7th year at the helm of The Village School girls varsity basketball program. He has coached boys high school basketball, girls high school basketball, and started the Men’s Basketball program at Mid-Michigan Community College.

Coach Brotherton is also very involved at all levels of basketball. He is a NBA Regional Advanced Scout for the Chicago Bulls. He is the founder of Dynamic Coaching Tools. Coach Brotherton was elected as the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Large Private School Board Member.

This past year, Doug helped develop the drill book and coaches packets for Jay Bilas Basketball Camps, along with giving a presentation of the benefits of FastDraw. In 2018, Positive Coaches Alliance selected Coach Brotherton as one of the 50 Double-Goal Coach National Award Winners, for his positive impact on his athletes on the court and in life.

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Los Angeles Sparks – Winner 2.0

Doug’s comments: The Sparks took the popular “Winner” SLOB set and added a zipper action at the beginning, as well as a down screen at the end. It is a tremendous design, which resulted in an open three late in the game.

4 sets pin down for 1 on zipper cut

2 flare screens 4 to opposite baseline

3 throws skip pass to 4

5 sets screen for 1

1 has a shot OR…

Can hit 4 OR…

5 sets a down screen for 2

3 spaces to corner

Phoenix Mercury – Zipper Pistol Flare SLOB

Doug’s comments: The Mercury ran this ATO to get Diana Taurasi an open three. There are multiple options, as the zipper cut turns into Pistol Action, and ends with a weak side flare screen for the inbounder.

This play to run at the end of the game down 3 was contributed by Doug Brotherton to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

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This is what Coach Brotherton said about the play:

This SLOB set was used by Princeton in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Down by 3, with under 20 seconds left, this set resulted in a wide open three point shot. I have added an elevator screen to the end of this set, in the case that the first shooter does not have a shot.

I have also posted some video of the play that was edited by Gibson Pyper

Below the video is a second end of game sideline inbound play from Coach Stevens called “Brush Clear.”

“Winner”

Box Formation

3 sets a back screen for 1

5 sets a cross screen for 2

On the catch, 5 re-screens for 2.

1 passes to 2 for the 3-point shot.

 
5 and 4 set an elevator screen for 3

3 cuts up the middle for a three point shot

This video is provided by Gibson Pyper, founder of Half Court Hoops

Brush Clear

 
Contributed by Matt Wheeler, Olympia High School, Orlando, Florida.

The Boston Celtics ran this play with the score tied and 36.3 seconds left in game 3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics wanted to get a quick score within 5 or 6 seconds so they would end up with the last possession of the game. As 2 gets the inbounds pass, 3 & 4 cut to the corners for spacing. 1 sets a brush screen for 2, allowing 2 to drive hard right looking for a layup or a kickout to a shooter.

5 sets a down screen for 2.

3 & 4 exchange and cut to opposite corners.

1 passes to 2.
 

1 sets a brush screen for 2.

2 drives right for a layup or a kick out to a shooter in the corner.

These 2 Sideline Inbound Plays are from Chris Filios’s Best of Special Teams Playbook.

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Diagrams created with FastDraw

My hope is that you can take bits and pieces of these plays to enhance what you already do and what suits your players.

Michigan State Ball Screen Flare

1 zipper cuts to the NBA Slot of off 4 and 5.

3 inbounds the ball to 1 and makes an Iverson cut off of 5 and 2.

2 sets a ball screen for 1, then cuts off a double flare from 4 and 5.

Michigan State Lob

This is a short seconds lob play.

1 breaks out of the stack to the NBA slot

2 cuts to the ball side corner

4 curls around 4 for possible lob.

4 should shape up and be available to the ball as are 1 and 2.

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With each post I make on the site, I am not prescribing that this is what everyone should do, but rather offering ideas that hopefully will stimulate your thinking to come up with ideas that will fit your needs.

For example, you might need to change the positions that are on the diagrams to put your players in the spots that fit them the best.

The first play was diagrammed by Denis Godlevskiy from a play run by Doc Rivers when he was with the Celtics.

The second play was diagrammed by Coach Alan Peel.

Diagrams created with FastDraw

Boston Celtics SLOB

1 starts in the ballside corner and comes to the NBA slot off a screen from 4. (Obviously #4 needs to screen the defender guarding #1. It might be on the other side than the diagram shows.)

1 receives the inbounds pass.

3 cuts through to the opposite corner.

5 pins down for 2.

2 sets screen for ball handler & pops out,

On pop out action 4 sets flare screen for 2 & rolls to to the basket

1 can use quick pass for the 2 or hit 4 who rolls to the basket

Portland SLOB

The play begins with #5 setting a back screen for #2.

After #2 clears, #5 will then set a back screen for #4.

The options for the inbounds passer (#3) are #2 and #4 in that order.

If the lob passes are not open, #2 will clear to the help-side corner and #4 will clear to the ball-side corner.

From here, #5 will turn and set a down screen for #1 who comes and catches between the circles.

If the defense switches, #3 will throw the inbounds pass to #5 who steps back to the ball.

As soon as the ball is inbounded, #3 will fill the corner on his side.

When #1 catches, he will use a middle ball screen set by #5 and go away from the side on which the ball was inbounded.

As soon as #1 clears the ball screen, #5 will roll to the basket and #3 will fill the slot on his side to maintain defensive balance.